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a communication made to an absent person in writing; a letter. Chiefly (from its use in translations from Latin and Greek) applied to letters written in ancient times, especially to those which rank a s literary productions, or to those of a public character or addressed to a body of persons. Used with a playful or sarcastic implication in application to ordinary (modern) letters. —How To Live Though an Executive. Final approval 31.10.89

a communication made to an absent person in writing; a letter. Chiefly (from its use in translations from Latin and Greek) applied to letters written in ancient times, especially to those which rank as literary productions, or to those of a public character or addressed to a body of persons. Used with a playful or sarcastic implication in application to ordinary (modern) letters.